Lake County’s board of commissioners met on Wednesday, Aug. 20 to discuss a variety of items that were presented to them during their bi-weekly meeting.
The Lake County Commission on Children and Families had its request to receive two small grants approved 2-0 (with one absent vote) by county commissioners.
Director of the CC&F, Eric Shpilman issued a request to fund two proposed projects - Compass 101, used to train the proper use of a compass to children in grades 4-12 and UV Cleansing Wands 4 Schools, that would provide anti-bacterials wands to schools throughout Lake County.
The total funds for the grants would be $3,750.
These small grants focus their priorities on substance abuse, family support, violence prevention, mentoring, literacy, economic health, early childhood, wellness centers, and childcare.
Such requests are eligible to the CC&F every two years, according to Shpilman.
County Assessor Phil Israel put in a request for $800 of overtime to be used during November for tax collection purposes in order to pay any workers for time spent to make sure the process is completed in time.
According to Israel, this cost would offset the loss of funds spent to make up the difference in time and ensuring all tax collection is completed in time.
“I have studied last years amounts processed and believe that the extra accounts process using the overtime will more than justify the use of overtime to process more payments faster and have them earning interest,” Israel stated in a letter to the Lake County Commissioners. “I believe that approximately $3000 of total interest would be lost by not processing the payments faster and the county’s portion is approximately 25 percent of that, so even in that case, the $800 would be justified merely from the County’s portion of the interest that would be gained with the overtime.”
The Bullard Canyon Restoration and Enhancement Project appears to be ready as the Town of Lakeview’s request to consider the building of a trail to allow for more visitors in the area was approved by county commissioners 2-0.
The key was to receive $16,000 of Lake County Title III funds to continue the restoration and enhancement work of Bullard Canyon.

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